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Pattern

Echinacea Corsage

By Claire Montgomerie

Find the complete pattern in Inside Crochet Issue #139

These pretty, fun to hook flowers are the perfect embellishment for sewing onto your projects as an added flourish, or add a hair clip or brooch back and they become an adorable accessory.

Materials

* Rowan Cotton Wool, 60% cotton/40% wool, 50g/130m/142yds
Yarn A: Pickles 208 x 1 ball
Yarn B: Milky 201 x 1 ball
Yarn C: Dolly 206 x 1 ball
Yarn D: Piglet 207 x 1 ball
Yarn E: Giggle 212 x 1 ball

* 3mm hook 

* Crocodile hair clips (optional)

* Brooch backs/safety pins (optional)

Yarn Alternatives

Any yarn will substitute here, as the yarn weight will simply decide how big or small the motifs end up. And depending on numbers of flowers made, you will only need small amounts of yarn, so this is the perfect stashbusting project!


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Claire Montgomerie

Designer

Claire is a textiles designer who aims to reinvent the products of ancient and traditional needlecraft processes, while retaining all their intricacies and comforting charm!

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